Unalterable duplex ticket



UN ALTERABLB DUPLEX TICKET.. APPLIUATION `EILZELD JAVF 26. 1903. x9 310mm..

EAST- 1 o n REGISTER BooK No.

l FARE UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.y

PATENT* LOF-FICE UNALTERABLE DUPLEX TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,296., dated Iii-ebruary 16, 1904.

l Application led January 26, 1903. Serial Nol 140,462' (Nc model.)v

To mi?, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J ossrn J. MCGUIRK, Aa

citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city andcounty of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Unalterable Duplex Tickets, of which the following is a speciiication. Y

-My invention relates to duplex tickets adapted especially for use in street-'railway service;

and the object of my invention is to provide an ,unalterable duplex ticket so constructed that a portion of the ticket may be torn oii',

. given to the passenger, and the remainder will contain ajmemorandum ofthe transaction had between the conductor giving the ticket and the passenger receiving'the said portion.

ductor on the The accompanying drawing is a plan of my ticket.

ries of tickets numbered consecutively, preferabl-y provided with some means for indicating the direction in which the car is going yupon which the. ticket is used, andI also preferably arrange upon the ticket a calendar which may be punched at the oiiice when the book or pad of tickets is 'given tothe oo ndate upon which it is to be used. I also preferably arrange upon anotherportion of the ticket `a corresponding calendar, as shown in the figure illustrating the ticket. I preferably place the number of the ticket at the upper Acorner thereof and also at the lower left-hand corner.l I designate, preferably at the upper corner thereof, the direction the car is traveling. (Shown inthe drawing as being east.) I preferably make the number of the ticket in a di'erent color from that ofthe printing on the remainder' of the ticket.

When a ber of the number registered. For that reason I sometimes place on the ticket beneaththe No 39,9. as shown in the drawing, the words On register is used inacar, the nummay be conveniently put `loining the number I' and the wordsindicating the direction in which the car is traveling 4in the upper right- I preferably arrange in a pad or book asey right-hand corner, I

ticket should correspond to thel vthe number of the ticket.

hand- -5 O cornerof the ticket, by placing the months .of the yearabbrev'iated in two columns, as shown in the drawing, and beneath' it a calendar of a month arranged ,to show thirty-one days, by means of which a person giving out the book or` pad of tickets to the conductor may punch the month and day, which will indicate the time the ticket was to be used. Beneath the `calendar I may place the booknumber, as shown in the drawing, which is 0074. Immediately beneath the book-number and along one side ci' thev ticket I placethe words Fare receipt'and the names of the `various places to which the cargoes and places of meeting with 'intersecting lines. Thus beneath Fare receipt Iv place Cohoes, Troy, Green Island, Rensselaer, east on Clinton Ave., east on Hamilton St., Delaware Ave., Pine Hills, West Albany, Kenwood, Schulyer Bridge. Beneathfthat on the same side of the ticket, being at the lower responding to the calendar at the'l upper righthand corner, Along the' upper end ofthe kticket I-place in columns that which is received in payment for transportation. As. shown in the drawing, inthe right-hand column I place Emp pass, indicating em-A ployees pass, in the next' column I place the word Transfen knekt to the left of that the figures 5 cts., 6to. indicating that for trans'- portation there will be ofthe sums of money speciied in the columns at the upper end of the ticket. .A

- At the lower end ofthe ticket immediateiy oppositethe columns stating the amount replace a calendar cor-` received by the'conv`v ductor an employees pass, a transfer, or one ceived for transportation is a duplicatethereof. At the upper left-hand corner is arranged the number of the ticket, the direction'of its passage, its book-number, and aduplicate of that appearing onthe ticket, being the' places tion is given. l Beneath to which transporta- In this manner there is left the central portion of the ticket blank or what is the matterimmaterial for the use for which the ticket is employed. This Iis for the purpose of facilitating the tearing of the ticketin or der to give the passenger a portion thereof that inay be placed4 Vsame `thing containing v rightly-handl side of the TOO and to prevent the liability of destroying any the 5 in the iirst column after Transfer the-purpose of tearing thel portion of the ticketr is not in the saine line with the V6 in the next adjacent column. This arrangement also prevents the liability in tearing the. ticket from destroying the next adjoining figure.

ln using my ticket it is advisable to have a papcr-eutter'of some kind, preferably the one described by me in myapplieation for patent therefor, filed. simultaneously herewith, for

to be given to the passenger from the remaining portion to be retained by the conductor.

The' usc rf my ticketl presupposes that each passenger is to be given a receipt for his fare. Thus when a passenger pays the conductor five emits, the usual fare, the conductor would tear oli i ticket that portion 'extending from the upper right-hand corner to and including the column containing the ligure 5 down to and including the words in the right-hand column, Fare receipt, and give the same to the passenger. the ticket the conductor would retain andl band in With the pad of tickets at the-oiice. The passenger would thenl have `a vticket or receipt containing the number, the direction he was traveling, the amount that he paid, and the date upon which'. the same was paid. The conductor would have a memorandum provided with the same number, the date, direction, and which would show that tive cents had been paid for a fare received.

As the amounts of the cash payments increase from right to left at the top of'- the ticket, there could vbe nothing gained by the conductor in cutting ofi' anything more from the memorandum retained, since by doingso it would ,require a larger payment by him to the oiiicc.

Providing a pass is given tlie conductor, it will vbe necessary for the conductor to hand lit into the olice, and the memorandum portion of the ticket will agree with the pass,.showing the place to which the passenger was carried or transferred. In the same way when a transfer is given or received that fare is indicated on the memorandum retained by the conductor. Providing a transfer is given by a conductor to a passenger, that fact and the amount paid, the date on which it was paid, the direction that the car was going upon which it was paid, the place to which the fare is paid is shown by the memorandum retained,v

and when the transfer is taken up by the conductor on the intersecting road he (theconductor receiving it) cuts off and gives to the passenger'tth-at' portion of ticket which contains the word L"lra'nsferl in itshupper hori- Thusy Hamilton street line.

The remaining portion of zontal column and in its vertical right-liand column the namel ofthe place to which the transfer is issued.

If a passenger paysfive cents and 'wants a transfer to go east on Hamilton Street, the conductor receives the five cents, cuts ofl' thel transfer downto ."East on Hamilton St, and gives it to the passenger. He then has a transfer-ticket indicating `the direction land number of the fare vpaid'to the conductor and the place where the intersecting line meets the The memorandum retained by the conductor shows that he has issued a transfer to go east on Hamilton street,fand the amount of that transfer being five cents theconductor will be obliged to pay .rapidly and accurately it is advisable to use some kind of a paper-cutter,'although there may be perforations made between the places in the right-hand column and the columnsl containing that received for transportation in the upper end of the ticket.

I do not wish to limit myself to any particular manner for indicating the direction of movementofthe car nor to the location of the calendar on the ticket nor to the names of the places or streets, as shown herein; but

' What I claim as my invention, and desire to lsecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An unalterable duplex ticket having matter thereon arranged in two portions, each portion containing in o ne column the names of the stations, and in another column, a'triglit angles to the first-mentioned column, characters indicating values; a space intervening be tween said columns; with the number corresponding to the number indicated by the carregister on the payment of the fare, substantially as described.

2. An unalterable duplex ticket having mat- TOO ter thereon arrangedin two portions, each portion containing in one column the names of the stations, and in another column at right angles to the first-mentioned column characters indicating values; a space intervening bef tween said columns, with a means for indicating the number of the fare paid bythe passenger, as indicated by the car-register, substantially as described.

3. An unalterable duplex ticket consisting of four columns placed along the sides, and ends thereof respectively; a space intervening between said columns; the names of the stations placed in the columns along the sides of said ticket, respectively; characters indicating values placed in the columnsalong the ends of said ticket, respectively, substantially as' described.

4. An unalterable duplex ticket of rectangular configuration; the names of the stations intervening between the columns eontitiningv the values and the neme columns; a means for indicating at both the upper and lower portions ef said ticket the number of the faire paid by each passenger, 'as indicated by the can register, substantially as described. `A

5. An unalterable duplex ticket having matter thereon 'arranged 'in tvvo portions; like 'parts placed opposite eachother; space inter` kvening between like portions thereof;- each portion containing vin a single column-the,-

names of the` stations, the date of issuance,` di- 'by the car-register, and in anothercolumn at I5 right angles thereto, and spaced therefrom `characters indicating values, substantially es described.

t Signed at Albany, New York, this 24th day" of January, 1903. n

-- JOSEPH J. MGGUIRK.`

.Witnessesz A FREDERICK W. CAMERON, DUDLEY BL WADE. 

